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A U.S. government agency that was established to direct provisions. The agency aided to those who were poor whites and former slaves.
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The north (Union) prevails over the south (Confederacy). Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse.
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Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865. The person who assassinated Lincoln was named John Wilkes Booth.
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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. Congress passed passed the amendment first on January 31st, 1865 but ratified it on the 6th of December.
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The civil rights act was passed by congress over the veto of Andrew Johnson. The act declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens.
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The Memphis massacre was a series of violent events that occurred in Memphis,Tennessee. The racial violence was ignited by political,social and racial tension. Tensions went on from May 1 to May 3rd.
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The massacre was violent. It was white democrats, including police and firemen attacking republicans mostly black.
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This act was laid out to readmit southern states into the union. The bills were written mostly by republicans
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The second act helped answer first act.
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The third of reconstruction act gave supreme power to the five union general overseeing in the five districts.
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All four statutes passed during the reconstruction era and were to be readmitted to the union.
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The amendment grants citizenship to all people born in the U.S.. When the amendment was made it included former slaves who had just been freed after the civil war.
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The presidential election was 21st quadrennial presidential election. It was the first to be held during the reconstruction era.
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The 15th amendment was passed by congress on February 26,1869. The amendment granted African American men rights to vote.
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Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first black senator to be elected. Mississippi was the only state during this era to elect black senator.
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Guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public transportation. The U.S. supreme court declared the act.
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The compromise was an agreement between the North and South. The agreement was an unwritten deal between congress.
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The reconstruction era was the period in American history which lasted from 1863 to 1877. It was a significant chapter in history of American rights.
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Douglas Wilder was the first black governor to be elected since the reconstruction era. He served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990-1994.